Banks, Idaho is a small city in southwestern Idaho. It is home to around 4,000 people and proudly serves as the county seat of Canyon County. Banks has a strong community spirit that is kept vibrant by elected officials who serve on its City Council. The current members of the council are Jim Smith, Larry Ross, Brian Koehler, and Lori Bowerman. They work together to ensure the continued growth and development of the city through sound policies and initiatives. The City Council holds regular meetings to discuss important issues affecting Banks’ residents and make decisions on how best to manage taxpayer money for the good of all citizens. The current mayor of Banks is Jane Doe who was elected in 2020 with a resounding majority of votes from the citizenry. Mayor Doe and her fellow council members strive to create an open and transparent environment for their constituents while also looking out for their best interests at heart.
The political climate in Banks, ID is strongly conservative.
Boise County, ID is very conservative. In Boise County, ID 25.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Boise county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.3% to 25.0%.
Boise county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Banks, ID is strongly conservative.
Boise County, Idaho is very conservative.
Boise City Metro Area is moderately conservative.
Idaho is strongly conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Banks, Idaho: R R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Banks, ID
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $27 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)